Finally! My pages weren't quite turning out like everyone else's...considering they were all grey!!! Also, I found that playing with the 'shadows & highlights' can help get things like bows just right.

Worked prefect. I usually use paintshop pro, but really want to get better at using photoshop. Going to dedicate this weekend to doing all the tutorials I can from this site. Thanks for taking the time to make them.

Using styles is another great way to color your templates! I've downloaded a ton of custom styles from deviantart. You don't even need layer. Just change the style.
(If you want a nice bevel and plan to use the clear bevel styles, make sure to duplicate your layer first, or it just ends up clear!)

Hi - I'm probably being really stupid here but I can't work out how to "clip to mask". I've opened up one of Marisa's Washi Tape Templates, added a new layer and coloured it purple, but I don't appear to have the clip to mask option when I right click Layer 1 in my Photoshop (I'm using 7.0). Am I missing something?
Hope someone can help me!
Thanks, Helen

This is amazing! It's unbelievable the amount of techniques that look so hard when you're trying to figure them out on your own, but are actually so easy when you have an expert to show you. I love this site so much - Pixel Scrapper is the best! (And so are you, Marisa!)